Iranian Canadian

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Iranian-Canadians or (Persian-Canadians) are Canadians of Iranian national background or descent. Their numbers estimate to 121,510 ^[1] and the main communities can be found in Southern Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia; the vast majority, however, live in the North York part of Toronto and the northern suburbs of Toronto: Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Markham, Thornhill, Aurora, and Newmarket.

Contents 1 A List of Canadians of Iranian descent 1.1 Academia 1.2 Art and Literature 1.3 Beauty Pageant 1.4 Business 1.5 Hall of Fame 1.6 Journalism 1.7 Politicians 2 See also 3 References

[edit] A List of Canadians of Iranian descent

[edit] Academia

• Dr Ramin Jahanbegloo, Philosopher and University Professor
• Dr Kaveh Farrokh, historian

[edit] Art and Literature

• Reza Baraheni
• Jian Ghomeshi, member of Moxy Früvous, former host of CBC's "play"
• Nima Mazhari, painter, photographer and husband of ex-Olympic biathlete Myriam Bédard, convicted and sentenced in June 2007 for stealing paintings from the late painter Ghitta Caiserman
• Alan Sakhavarz, artist, painter (wildlife), sculptor, caricaturist and cartoonist
• Parviz Tanavoli, sculptor and painter

[edit] Beauty Pageant

• Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Miss Canada 2003, Miss World 2003 1st runner up, Actress, Singer/Songwriter, Human Rights Activist
• Ramona Amiri, Miss World Canada2005
• Samantha Tajik, Miss Universe Canada 2008
• Sahar Biniaz, Miss Tourism Queen International 2008 2nd runner up

[edit] Business

• Hassan Khosrowshahi, Founder of Future Shop

[edit] Hall of Fame

• Behshad Hastibakhsh Award Winning Political Scientist, Business Executive and Community Activist; Recognized by Goonagoon Magazine as a Success Iranian living in Vancouver, Canada [1]

[edit] Journalism

• Hossein Derakhshan, blogger
• Zahra Kazemi, photojournalist
• Nikahang Kowsar, Cartoonist

[edit] Politicians

• Reza Alamouti, Central Committee Member of Fadayian & founder of Radio Aras
• Reza Moridi - MPP, Richmond Hill

[edit] See also

• Iranian-American
• Iranian Australian

[edit] References

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